Olá Everyone! My name is Leonie, I am from Germany, and I am studying ´International Food & Agribusiness´ at the HAS University of applied sciences in den Bosch, Netherlands. I am 22 years old and I have now finished my second year of my study. Therefore, I am happy that I get the chance to spend the first half of my 3 rd year in beautiful Brazil. I arrived in Vicosa, Minas Gerais on the 29 th of August and I am very happy to be finally here. Before I could step in the plane, I had a lot of struggles with my preparations for Brazil as nothing seemed to work out. I was planning to fly to Brazil already two weeks before my internship starts, to meet a friend and get to know the language and culture a little bit better. Unfortunately, it took much longer to get all the documents for the visa application and subsequently I had to change my flight (which was also much more difficult than I thought). The trip to Vicosa was very long and I was very exhausted when I arrived. But